Thanamandi, Jammu and Kashmir, India
magar in aankhon mein kis subh ke hawale the
salib-e-mauja-e-ab-e-hawa pe likkha hun
ye gard-e-rah ye mahaul ye dhuan jaise
har nae moD dhup ka sahra
na paniyon ka iztirar shahr mein
main tair-e-wajud ya barg-e-KHayal tha
aankhon mein mauj mauj koi sochne laga
soch bhi us din ko jab tu ne mujhe socha na tha
qurbaten baDh gai nigahon ki
yun hujra-e-KHayal mein baiTha hua hun main
naqsh aaKHir aap apna hadisa ho jaega
apni aankhon ke hisaron se nikal kar dekhna
ujle mathe pe nam likh rakkhen
shafaq-e-shab se ubharta hua suraj sochen